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Job Description
Taaleem is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. At Taaleem, we hold ourselves to a high standard of effective practices in relation to child protection, and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to various background checks including receipt of references, proof of relevant qualifications, identification, and police checks, including overseas checks.
We’re heading to the UK!
This October, Taaleem will be meeting future teachers, graduates and education professionals at five major university careers fairs across the UK.We’re looking for people who want to build their teaching careers in the UAE and become part of our schools across Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
- University of Reading | 14 October
- King’s College London | 15 October
- Birmingham City University | 20 October
- University of Manchester | 21 October
- University of Sheffield | 22 October
If you’re considering a move into international education, come and meet the Taaleem team. We’d love to tell you more about life and teaching in the UAE.
And if you know an excellent teacher or future teacher who should be considering Dubai or Abu Dhabi, please share this with them or tag them below.
We’re looking forward to meeting you!
Skills Description
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in education or relevant degree and a recognised Teaching Qualification/License
Experience: A minimum of 2 years’ experience working in recognised school /international school environments preferred
Competencies:
- Outstanding practitioner in the classroom
- Previous successful teaching/lecturing experience
- Experience of working with DSIB, OFSTED or similar school inspection authority
- Experience of working in an international school setting preferred
- Knowledge and understanding of contemporary educational research
- Knowledge and understanding of current educational developments in the UAE preferred
- Excellent communication skills, including high standards of professionalism in written and spoken English
- Organised and works to deadlines
- Ability to engage and motivate people to enable them to perform highly
Attributes:
- Knowledgeable, Reflective, Inquirer, Thinker
- Empathises with and believes in the values of the school
- A student of learning and leading
- Solutions-focused
- Believes in the potential of all students
- Committed to professional learning
- A strategic thinker who can shape and deliver change
- Caring and Open-minded
- Passionate about international education and working with young people
- Sees leadership as a service toothers
- Internationally minded and culturally sensitive
- Sense of humour and humility
- Conscientious
- Motivated by challenge
- Resourceful
- Does what it takes to get things done
- Communicator and Risk-taker
- Communicates effectively to large and small audiences
- Composed under pressure
- Innovative and creative
- Principled and Balanced
- Acts with integrity
- Resilient when faced with setbacks
- Flexible when conditions change
- Comfortable with complexity, change and uncertainty
- Always prioritises the needs of the school
Job Details
Job Title
UK University Careers Fair - October 2026
Job Country
United Arab Emirates
Job City
Dubai
Job Role
Teaching and Academics
Employment Type
Full Time
Preferred Candidate
Career Level
Mid Career
Residence Location
United Kingdom
Taaleem
Taaleem is one of the largest, most respected education providers in the United Arab Emirates and the only publically listed Education Provider in the UAE. Taaleem (which means ‘education’ in Arabic’) was established in 2004 and now has over 27,000 students attending our diverse portfolio of private international and public-private partnership schools across the UAE.Taaleem is also one of the Middle East’s leading IB workshop providers for PYP, MYP, DP and IBCP. We began training in 2009 and have enrolled over 7000 participants to date.